[CQ-Contest] what is required of recevied audio, and whay

[Jeff Clarke]

I think many people take this all for granted. I have contest friends 
who are non-technical but are probably capable of making the top 3. They 
probably have no idea how to hook up something to their radio to do a 
recording. So because they lack this technical knowledge they are being 
disqualified from winning. Is that really fair?

The big challenge for those smart software developers who write the 
programs that we all use to do our logging and  take care of radio 
control, skimmer, packet spots, online real time scoring etc... is to 
incorporate a feature in their programs that make recording a contest 
easy. Wouldn't it be great if your logging program took care of all this 
without you even thinking about it? Something Plug-n-Play.

Even better have a real time audio recording that gets sent to CQ via 
the internet when you are doing a contest. Something similar to real 
time contesting scores. I'm sure something like this is possible. Just 
look how easy it is to control a radio remotely. remotehamradio.com or 
people remoting to their own stations are good examples. Maybe this 
exciting technology with get more young people interested in contesting?

I will admit that I don't use or like some of the technology that an 
assisted operator likes but just because I don't like it doesn't mean it 
won't be enjoyable to someone else.

Jeff




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